promoter

[ pruh-moh-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
2. a person who initiates or takes part in the organizing of a company, development of a project, etc.
3. a person who organizes and provides financial backing for a sporting event or entertainment.
4. Chemistry. any substance that in small amounts is capable of increasing the activity of a catalyst.
5. Also called collector. Metallurgy. a water-repellent reagent enhancing the ability of certain ores to float so that they can be extracted by the flotation process.
6. Genetics.
   1. a site on a DNA molecule at which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription.
   2. a gene sequence that activates transcription.
7. Obsolete. an informer.

promoter

/ prəˈməʊtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that promotes
2. a person who helps to organize, develop, or finance an undertaking
3. a person who organizes and finances a sporting event, esp a boxing match
4. chem a substance added in small amounts to a catalyst to increase its activity
5. genetics a sequence of nucleotides, associated with a structural gene, that must bind with messenger RNA polymerase before transcription can proceed

promoter

/ prə-mō′tər /

1. The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

Other Words From

• self-pro·moter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of promoter¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; promote + -er ¹; replacing earlier promotour, from Anglo-French

Example Sentences

According to concert promoter Live Nation, the 2024 arena run was “met with incredible demand,” prompting the addition of shows in Paris and Dallas and two in São Paulo.

From Los Angeles Times

Promoter Eddie Hearn, who said he plans to leave before the main event, was also in the firing line with Paul calling him a "clout chaser".

From BBC

Speaking to BBC Sport in October, promoter Hearn said Benn had been "penalised by his resistance to accept guilt" and that his fighter would be fighting in the UK sooner had he taken a ban handed to him following the failed test.

From BBC

When the band’s 1981 single “Radio Free Europe” became a regional hit, Berry reached out to Ian Copeland, a concert promoter with whom he had worked, who in turn contacted his brother Miles, the owner of upstart label I.R.S., who signed the band.

From Los Angeles Times

No matter how much Trump says he is good for the Jews, he is a promoter of antisemitism, undermines Israelis’ security, and is a danger to the two issues many Jews themselves say they care about most: democratic norms and reproductive rights.

From Slate

Related Words

• advertiser
• advocate
• backer
• booster
• organizer
• publicist
• sponsor